Russian studies and comparative politics : views from metatheory and middle-range theory
著者
書誌事項
Russian studies and comparative politics : views from metatheory and middle-range theory
Lexington Books, c2017
- : hbk
大学図書館所蔵 全1件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-327) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This book brings together several of the author's empirical studies that demonstrate the strength and utility of sociologist Robert Merton's classic middle-range theory for understanding aspects of both Soviet and post-Soviet Russian politics. Some of those studies demonstrate that testing middle-range social science theory could take place even in the Soviet era when there were significant limitations of access to empirical data, and meaningful field research in the USSR was all but impossible.
In the introductory chapter, the author explains the need for and advantages of studying Russian and Soviet politics from the perspective of middle-range social science theory. Then follow three chapters analyzing methodological issues in Soviet/post-Soviet studies. The author presents his six empirical studies employing middle-range social science theories to explore in Russia/USSR dimensions of organizations, ideology and decisionmaking, technology transfer and cultural diffusion, political culture, public opinion and democratization, and congruence of authority patterns in state-society relations. The book concludes with a chapter arguing the advantages of thinking theoretically about Russian and Soviet politics with the establishment of a new epistemic community organized around studies employing middle-range theory.
This book presents examples of solutions to long-standing debates between area studies and the academic disciplines and between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to knowledge in the social sciences. In contrast to the tradition of Carnivals and Cockfights in Russian/Soviet area studies since the mid-20th Century, the book offers a new way of approaching the study of Russian politics for the 21st Century.
目次
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: The View from Middle-Range
Part II: Metatheory
Chapter 2: The Logic of Inquiry in Sovietology: Soviet Area Studies and the Social Sciences
Chapter 3: Silver Anniversary of the Publication of Communist Studies and the Social Sciences
Chapter 4: The Logic of Inquiry in Post-Sovietology: Russian Studies and the Social Sciences
Part III: Middle-Range Theories
Chapter 5: Co-optation as a Mechanism of Adaptation to Change
Chapter 6: Motivation, Methodology and Communist Ideology
Chapter 7: The Western Connection: Technical Rationality and Soviet Politics
Chapter 8: Political Culture in Post-Soviet Russia: Recent Empirical Investigations
Chapter 9: Does the Public Matter for Democratization in Russia?
Chapter 10: Congruence Theory Applied: Democratization in Russia
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 11: Conclusion: Thinking Theoretically about Russian & Soviet Politics: Carnivals, Cockfights, and Epistemic Communities
「Nielsen BookData」 より